Mutations in the Connexin 26 Gene (GJB2) among Ashkenazi Jews with Nonsyndromic Recessive Deafness
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- 19 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 339 (21), 1500-1505
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199811193392103
Abstract
Mutations in the GJB2 gene cause one form of nonsyndromic recessive deafness. Among Mediterranean Europeans, more than 80 percent of cases of nonsyndromic recessive deafness result from inheritance of the 30delG mutant allele of GJB2. We assessed the contribution of mutations in GJB2 to the prevalence of the condition among Ashkenazi Jews.Keywords
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